Weekend of Free Family Events

Since 2001, 's Free Arts Day has provided a free day of artsy activities for families all around the county to enjoy. This year the organization has expanded the day into an entire weekend of free fun.

freeARTSWeekend runs from Dec. 3-5 and offers a variety of creative family activities and events in White Plains, Chappaqua, New Rochelle, Port Chester, Tarrytown, Katonah, Hastings-on-Hudson, Rye and other Westchester towns near you.

Check here to view the full schedule of events by date, event, title, category, venue or city.

Free Arts Day was started shortly after 9/11 as a way for residents to be able to "feel free to feel good." This year will showcase events at 22 cultural sites in Westchester. You and your family can enjoy free film screenings, historical site tours, arts and crafts workshops, and more.

"After a decade, Free Arts Day, now freeARTSWeekend, is as relevant and needed as when we first initiated it," said ArtsWestchester CEO Janet T. Langsam in a press release. "Especially in the challenging economy we are now facing, freeARTSWeekend gives families a gift they can really use…affordable entertainment options during the holiday season."

Nearby, the Katonah Museum of Art is offering free admission to the museum, and the Chappaqua Orchestra will perform at the New Castle Community Sing.

One of the weekend's highlights include the P.A.M Band (Partially Artificial Musicians) featuring violinist and composer Kurt Coble, and his crew of 20 robotic instruments at the in White Plains on Dec. 5.

Coble will give two lectures on the mechanical design of the instruments and how they work. Instruments will be on display from 2-5 p.m. Attendees can see demonstrations and tryout the instruments through lasers and other devices.

The P.A.M Band will accompany pianist Vytas Baksys of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 5 p.m. to play music from the 1920's silent film "Metropolis."

"This all started by accident," said Coble in a press release. "About ten years ago, I was working on a children's puppet show, and a friend asked me if I could wire a contraption to have one of the puppets play a violin. After that I was hooked and kept adding to our ensemble."

Answer four freeARTSWeekend trivia questions here for a chance to win one of eight pairs of tickets to local art events.